The Old School Otaku Lounge

What model was that VHS deck, Steve? I love old equipment (and I still use the stuff all the time). I posted a picture of an old top-loader over here: http://forum.animepast.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=286 I have ED Beta decks lying around here... Mine was/is a Silvania VC-3610, which looks to be ...

ryoran wrote:Welcome to the forum!

Thank you kindly! I look forward to reading and replying to all sorts of stuff.

Point of order re. Dealers. They kill themselves. I would bet big money that were I to see the table of one of these dealers that is saying "nobody is buying anime stuff" I would see a sea of seriously overpriced stuff, exactly the same stuff the other sellers have. 2,400 Yen Artbooks pric...

Path wrote:Hiyas, welcome!

Thank you very much.

And a point of order: It has been my experience that no con really CARES about panels that put butts in seats. Panels are a pain in the ass. Often there is a scramble to fill panel rooms with content because people who SAY they want to do (panel XYZ) drop out or were counting on someone else to carr...

I'm...not sure where this is going anymore. I must be thinking wrong or missing something. What I am seeing is a bizarre dance, where Heero throws out a global statement, Dave replies with acknowledging that while Heero may be correct in some cases it doesn't fit observed reality, then Heero says th...

I should expand on a comment Dave made. I really don't go to cons so much anymore, because I'm out of work and have no income stream. I've been very, very lucky to have been made a guest at AWA and A-Kon (and general massive love and thank you to all involved, all those years) so that made things ea...

OK, I think I understand now where Heero is coming from. Maybe this revelation will help keep the heat down. Heero seems to still be in the 'Evangelical' phase of fandom. "This stuff is SO COOL! We gotta get this out to EVERYBODY because when people see (show name unimportant) they'll be just l...

When I started Babelcon in 1979 my goal was to make enough money to pay the bills. I got REALLY lucky my first year. second year, lost some money. third year, made a little over costs (which, yes was seed money for the next). Took some time off but at that point the con seemed to be on autopilot to ...

Heero, I'm not sure where you're coming from on this. While I'm not 'inside' the current con culture I can't think of ANY con that's 'lining someone's pockets with money'. Every con pays lipservice to 'doing it for the fans' but in the end the reality is it MUST do whatever to survive. Any event has...